# SAP is making a bold call on where enterprise AI is headed.

*business · news · 2026-05-04 · TechStartups.com*

## Key points

- SAP is acquiring Prior Labs to focus on tabular foundation models for structured business data.
- SAP will invest over €1 billion in Prior Labs over four years to scale its capabilities.
- Prior Labs' TabPFN-2.6 matches hours-long AutoML pipelines with predictions delivered in a single pass.
- SAP plans to integrate Prior Labs' technology into its AI Core, Business Data Cloud, and Joule platforms.
- The acquisition shifts SAP's AI strategy from large language models to decision-making systems on structured data.

**Companies:** SAP, Prior Labs
**Countries:** Germany

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